Re: [item-field] is failing -- can't debug!

[Mark Stosberg <mark@summersault.com>]

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Have you veried that your Perl/DBI/Oracle setup is working by running a
small test script that connects and retrieves data using that protocol?
I once traced my own minivend problem to this issue. Maybe when you
rebuilt perl, some dynamic libraries didn't get linked properly.


 -mark


Alan Sparks wrote:
> 
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> 
> I have a big problem.  Apparently something in a Perl rebuild is causing
> problems, but I can't figure out how...
> 
> DBI is running well, so is Perl.  I've reinstalled Minivend 3.11 (even tried
> 3.12beta6, same issue).  The problem is that the [item-field] tag is now
> returning empty for all my custom fields in the product database.
> 
> [item-code] and [item-description] seem OK.  Just my fields are not
> working...
> 
> I have a product database defined thusly:
> Database        products        products.asc    SQL
> Database        products        DSN             dbi:Oracle:jaguar
> Database        products        USER            xxx
> Database        products        PASS            xxx
> Database        products        NUMERIC         RETAIL_PRICE
> Database        products        NUMERIC         DROPSHIP_PRICE
> Database        products        NUMERIC         TOSTOCK_PRICE
> Database        products        NUMERIC         SUB_PRODUCT_CODE
> Database        products        NUMERIC         CARTON_INCR
> Database        products        NUMERIC         CARTON_INCR_PRICE
> 
> And I try to reference the, say, TOSTOCK_PRICE in a flypage or item-list:
> [item-field TOSTOCK_PRICE]
> 
> And nothing comes out.
> 
> Incidentally, has anyone tried to enable debugging on 3.11 or 3.12?  I can't
> get any debug output... And a ton of syntax errors prints out, needing
> fixing before the server will start.  This been checked lately?
> 
> Appreciate any advice anyone can spare... was supposed to be in alpha test
> today. :-(
> -Alan
> 
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> Alan Sparks, IS Engineering Support
> <asparks@nss.harris.com>
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